You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) 軛 Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1240, Entry 01 Pronounced è The crossbar at the front of a carriage shaft, used to fit around a horse's neck. Book of Rites (Zhouli), section on Winter Official, Artificers Record (Kaogongji): The weight borne by the yoke. Commentary: The weight borne by the yoke refers to the part between two yokes. Sub-commentary: When a carriage is drawn by two horses, each horse is fitted with one yoke. The function of the yoke is to secure the horse's neck so it cannot break free. Sometimes written in a variant form (è). Zhuangzi, Horse Hoof chapter: Attaching shafts and yokes to horses. Also rhymed as yù. Ancient Poem: In the south there is the Winnowing Basket constellation, in the north there is the Northern Dipper constellation; yet the Oxherd constellation cannot pull the carriage yoke. It is truly not as firm as a massive rock; what use is an empty reputation?